Free-agent Adam Ottavino may not get along with Yankees after ripping Babe Ruth

“I had an argument with a coach in Triple-A about Babe Ruth’s effectiveness in today’s game,” Ottavino recently said on MLB.com’s “Statcast Podcast.” “This was like 10 years ago. I said, ‘Babe Ruth, with that swing, swinging that bat, I got him hitting .140 with eight homers.’

"He was like, 'Are you nuts? Babe Ruth would hit .370 with 60 homers,' and I'm like, 'I would strike Babe Ruth out every time.'

The Brooklyn native tried to save face soon after, but his fellow New Yorkers are likely beside themselves.

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"I'm not trying to disrespect him, you know, rest in peace, you know, shout out to Babe Ruth. But, it was a different game, I mean the guy ate hot dogs and drank beer and did whatever he did. It was just a different game."

To be fair, the 33-year-old has a point. That pitchers today throw more heat than they did back a century ago is simply science.

But it’s impossible to ignore the baseball legend’s numbers: 714 home runs and a .342 batting average among other gaudy stats over 22-year career .

The Sultan of Swat was even awarded the Medal of Freedom by President Donald Trump in November.

Meanwhile, Ottavino, who broke out last season with the Rockies to the tune of a 2.43 ERA and 112 strikeouts in 75 games (77 2/3 innings), has been floated around as a possible bullpen option for the Bronx Bombers and even Mets.

Those two teams have likely put Ottavino on the back burner for now, considering the Noah Syndergaard mega-deal they’re believed to be working on at the MLB Winter Meetings.